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NewsFresh blow to SMC as shortfall looms
The troubled SMC Group has uncovered a further shortfall of up to £800,000 in its accounts.In an announcement likely to deepen concern among shareholders, the group’s board admitted on Thursday that “further investigations” into its finances by an independent firm of accountants had revealed the shortfall, which is in addition ...
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NewsDenton Corker Marshall's Stonehenge visitor centre scrapped
No go for long-awaited visitor centre after government abandons road tunnel plans
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NewsFoster designs new coastal city in Oman - images
Foster & Partners has revealed designs for its latest scheme, a masterplan for a new coastal city near Muscat in Oman reflecting traditional Omani architecture.Al Madina Al Zarqa, the Blue City, will be home to 200,000 people, and will be formed by a series of clustered communities featuring schools, a ...
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NewsNord wins Urban Splash competition for Stoke-on-Trent waterside
Nord has defeated Studio Egret West and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands transform a site in Stoke-on-Trent for Urban Splash. The project will see the 4.6 hectare City Waterside site - centred on the Caldon Canal - redeveloped to include “iconic new buildings" as well as the refurbishment of a pottery ...
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NewsMUMA beats Fretton to win Bath arts complex
McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA) has triumphed in a head-to-head with Tony Fretton Architects for a Bath University’s new arts complex.MUMA and Fretton were the final contenders in the RIBA-backed competition after three other shortlisted schemes by Stanton Williams, Jamie Fobert and Penoyre & Prasad were rejected in September.The project ...
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NewsDefiant RMJM tells Unesco to back off
Gazprom tower decision belongs to the city, says architect
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NewsUrban expert attacks eco-towns concept
Fears grow over 'recycling' of sites previously rejected for housing
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NewsNew perspective on St Petersburg
RMJM’s new Gazprom tower design has a public observation deck served by a dedicated lift and irregular triple-glazed windows intended to respond to St Petersburg’s cold winters and described by Kettle as a “fur coat”.
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NewsGazprom woos international media over St Petersburg skyscraper
In the battle to win over the press, even the British consulate was drafted in
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NewsWestminster wavers on transport masterplan
The £2 billion Victoria Transport Interchange project by architects including KPF, Wilkinson Eyre and Allies & Morrison would “severely constrain” the area’s public realm, Westminster City Council has claimed
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NewsPhotographers Gallery captures the right image
Celebrated Dublin architect O’Donnell & Tuomey has received planning permission for its new £16 million building for the Photographers Gallery, the UK’s national centre for the promotion of photography
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Still no guarantee for Foundation HQ
Developer Land Securities has warned that it will not fund Zaha Hadid’s Architecture Foundation HQ building in London unless a “viable” tender is agreed, despite the naming of a contractor
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NewsMaggie’s Centres seek funding boost
Cancer care charity Maggie’s has launched a new £15 million fundraising drive so it can build five new centres designed by CZWG, MJP, Wilkinson Eyre, Foreign Office Architects and the late Kisho Kurokawa
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NewsTate extension nets £50m
The government has announced a £50 million contribution to Herzog & de Meuron’s extension at Tate Modern, which it claimed will boost Britain’s cultural offering in the run-up to the Olympics.
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NewsDevon house extension exploits the beauty of its surroundings
Satellite Architects has received planning permission for a pool house and flat extension to a private home in Devon
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NewsUrban Splash shortlists six for Birnbeck Pier
AOC, Flacq Architects and Richards Partington Architects are among the practices shortlisted for the Urban Splash/RIBA competition for Birnbeck Island and Pier in Weston-super-Mare.Also in the running are Levitate Architecture & Design Studio, MOH Architects from Vienna and Pierre d'Avoine with White Young Green Planning & Design.Urban Splash announced the ...
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Cabe to revive seaside towns
Cabe is to lead a £45 million scheme to regenerate run-down seaside towns
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NewsCGL takes Kent Design award
Child Graddon Lewis has triumphed in the housing category of the Kent Design Awards